ILLINOIS
What They Knew
In another chapter of the best defense money can buy, we look at one of the top picks to replace Patrick Fitzgerald as the US Attorney (chief federal prosecutor) in the State of Illinois. The Chicago Tribune named the top picks to replace the outgoing Jesuit friendly US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, and surprise of all surprises one of the top names up for consideration is one (of many) of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus’ criminal defense attorneys, Patrick Collins.
Mr. Collins has a very impressive resume both as a prosecutor and in the realm of criminal and civil defense. However, he leaves out one of his most surprising and major accomplishments, keeping the Jesuit hierarchy in Chicago out of jail and away from the police and juries.
From the documents below we can see how Mr. Collins deftly maneuvered through the murky facts that his client, the Chicago Province:
■failed to report the sexual abuse of minors to the police for decades
■failed to turn over documents to Wisconsin Prosecutors and the Police
■Collins limited the scope of the investigation by his former employer, the US Department of Justice, into the federal criminal activity of the Chicago Jesuit Province
■Lastly, advised the Chicago Jesuits on PR and the handling of multiple state criminal complaints, especially in Arizona
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